Soon I’m going to take the plunge for a home gym in my garage, as soon as Spring comes around. This is what I have come up with so far, what do you think? Please help me out here!
I saw 308lbs and was like “hmm, he looks like a big dude, I don’t think that’s gonna be enough…” then I saw cast iron plates lol
personally I would get a squat rack of some type if you’re gonna be working out by yourself
I use something like this
except mine doesn’t have that weird thing in the back
the pins are good if you’re gonna have to bail on a rep and don’t have a spotter because you’re by yourself in your garage. I don’t know, it’s a personal choice, and I like I feel more confident when using heavier weights.
I know guys who’ve bought squat cages love them, so if you have the choice and money to splurge on one right away, you might want to look into that (but they’re huge, so make sure you have room for it first)
nice idea on the DIY holder and platform, I might make myself one as well, so awesome.
i think a squat rack is a good idea, if you can get one, because you can then use it for a multitude of other exercises afterwards such as pull ups etc, add chains or trx and a whole new world opens up. (not much use for olympic lifting but a little variety never hurts)
Going with Sorinex bumpers instead. Less weight, but cheaper price and the weight is in pounds. I can get more bumpers later, and use regular iron weights to make it up for now.
Bumpers â?? Sorinex - $370 for 260 lbs.
And about bars, here are my choices. What do you guys think?
I have bought and use the pendlay nexgen bearing bar and I can vouch for it. It has a beautiful knurling and I can use it without chalk for light workouts [Im sweaty as fuk FYI]. The knurling is nice and matte with none of the greasy feel of eliko soft chrome. the spin is smooth as silk. Whip is just nice.
As for bumpers oyu should check out the clearout sale going on right now at muscledriverusa.com
They got all kinda bampers for sale as for spoting rack i use two saw horses that store easily and take up almost no space. they catch some big bars on occasion. no goodfor rack pulls tho.
[quote]ninearms wrote:
Weightlifting in pounds doesn’t count.;)[/quote]
haha, it does if it can save me over $100
So on muscledriver/Pendlay sites I found CAP bumpers, 230 lbs for $346 and FREE shipping. Sorinex does not taken into account the free shipping, so good on that. I have heard both good and bad things from CAP. Actually I heard there bumpers are decent, but every other product is shit.
Any advice on collars guys? I want something better than spring collars but not expensive.
Not using collars is cheap! York make some 0.5kg collars that are pretty decent. Eleiko training collars are overpriced and poorly designed anyway - bits come unscrewed and get lost and they jam pretty easily.
I got my bumpers from Sorinex…I’ve been satisfied with them so far. But I guess time will tell.
I only live about an hour from Sorinex and Williams Strength, the manufacturer for the majority of EliteFTS’s equipment, so I drove up to Columbia, SC to pick the stuff up to save myself the shipping cost.
Good guys there at Sorinex. Damn nice training center, too!
Here’s a pic of what I’ve done in my garage. There’s some more pics in my hub…
I made it. That was one of the more creative parts of the build out. Actually building something, as opposed to just putting stuff together. I really like the way it turned out.
[quote]JPCleary wrote:
I made it. That was one of the more creative parts of the build out. Actually building something, as opposed to just putting stuff together. I really like the way it turned out.[/quote]
Awesome, I was thinking of following this: straighttothebar.com/2009/03/diy_how_to_build_an_olympic_we.html
This was what I used for inspiration. The only difference with mine is, it is 12 ft long instead of 8 ft. I wanted it long enough for the rack to fit on it with nothing hanging off and still have plenty of room in front of the rack.
But if you plan on just using squat stands, 8 ft will be more than enough.
Hey jak3 you live in Greece? I’m half Greek and go there often, I’m actually going this summer in July-August for 2-3 weeks. Know any good places to lift anywhere? (I’m hitting the islands, Athens, and Porto Rafti).
